The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1973
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
7:34 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 628
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 143.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -11.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.87° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.